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22 Words & Pictures
STALKER HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON ATONEMENT
Words & Pictures
Screenings in association with
Edinburgh International Book Festival.
www.edbookfest.co.uk
Stalker
Tue 7 & Wed 8 Aug at 8.10pm
Andrei Tarkovsky • USSR 1979 • 2h41m
35mm • Russian with English subtitles • PG
Cast: Aleksandr Kaidanovsky, Anatoly Solonitsin, Nikolai Grinko,
Alisa Freindlikh, Natasha Abramova.
An epic and frequently puzzling inquiry into freedom and
faith, which unfolds in an unspecified totalitarian society. A
shaven-headed guide known as Stalker agrees to escort a
Writer and a Scientist to a forbidden wasteland area known
as the Zone, where, in a miraculous ‘Room’, all one’s wishes
can be granted. But as the man of words asks, “How do I
know I want what I want?”
Writer Geoff Dyer will be talking about his latest book,
Zona (subtitled ‘A Book About a Film About a Journey
to a Room’), at the Book Festival on Monday 13 August.
Dyer uses Stalker as the starting point for a meditation
on cinema, love, life, a missing bag and, um, Jeremy
Clarkson.
How to Train Your Dragon
Mon 13 Aug at 2.45pm
Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders • USA 2010 • 1h39m
Format TBC • PG – Contains frequent mild threat
With the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson.
Scrawny adolescent Hiccup is desperate to impress his
gruff father Stoick, chieftain of the village of Berk. During
a night raid by marauding dragons, Hiccup manages to
bring down an elusive Night Fury – but when Hiccup
discovers the beast still alive but helpless, instead of killing
it he offers it friendship... A beautifully animated and
extremely entertaining adventure.
Cressida Cowell, who wrote the book upon which the film
is based, will take part in a Q&A after this screening. She
will introduce her latest adventure, ‘How to Steal a Dragon’s
Sword’, at the Book Festival on Tuesday 14 August.
Inside Job
Mon 13 Aug 6.00pm
Charles Ferguson • USA 2010 • 1h49m • Digital projection
12A – Contains brief sight of implied hard drug use & moderate
sex references • Documentary, narrated by Matt Damon.
Aptly described by Variety as ‘the definitive screen
investigation of the global economic crisis’, Inside Job offers
a clear-sighted call to action. This meticulous and frequently
jaw dropping study of greed and amorality chronicles a
story of private gain and public loss, showing how the
United States financial meltdown was far from accidental.
Director Charles Ferguson will take part in a Q&A
following this screening. He will appear at the Book
Festival on Sunday 12 August.
Enduring Love
Mon 20 Aug at 6.15pm
Roger Michell • UK 2004 • 1h40m • 35mm
15 – Contains strong language, violence and psychological
menace
Cast: Daniel Craig, Rhys Ifans, Samantha Morton, Susan Lynch,
Bill Nighy.
An intelligent and gripping dramatic thriller, brilliantly
adapted from Ian McEwan’s novel. Daniel Craig is
exceptional as Joe, a hard-nosed lecturer whose world view
is shaken after a botched rescue attempt at a ballooning
accident leaves another man dead. He begins to obsess
over what he could have done differently, while fellow
rescuer Jed (Rhys Ifans) develops a dangerous crush on him.
Atonement
Wed 22 Aug at 8.40pm
Joe Wright • UK 2007 • 2h3m • Format TBC • 15 – Contains very
strong language, bloody injuries and moderate sex
Cast: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Saoirse
Ronan, Brenda Blethyn, Vanessa Redgrave.
A stunning adaptation of Ian McEwan’s best-selling
novel – gripping, breathtakingly beautiful and with great
performances from a superb cast.
England, 1935. In the looming shadow of World War
II, 13-year-old Briony Tallis and her family live a life of
wealth and privilege. Briony, a fledgling writer, is a girl
with a vivid imagination. Through a series of catastrophic
misunderstandings she accuses Robbie Turner, the
housekeeper’s son and her sister Cecilia’s lover, of a crime he
did not commit. This accusation destroys Robbie and Cecilia’s
love and dramatically alters the course of all their lives.